Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-03

snip, ne was asked: w nose WVfk WIS
your salyation?" and he answered: Part
mine and Part Gods" Then the eIamin-
er asked: "What part did you do, sam
my?" and the answer was: II opposed
God all could, and He did the restn' o,
the height Of it, the depth oft, the length
of it, the breadth Of it, the grace Of God!
Mr.. Fletcher having written q pamphlet
that pleased the king, the king offered to
compensate him and Fletcher answered:
There is only one thing l want and that
is more grace" Yes, my blood-bought
hearers, grace to live and grace to
die by. Grace that saved the pub
lican that saved Lydia, that
saved the dy ing chief, that saved the jailor.
that saved me. But the riches Of that
grace will not be fully understood until
Heaven breaks in upon the soul. An old
Scotchman, who had been a soldier in one
Of the European wars, was sick and dying
in one of our American hospitals. His
one desire was to see Scotland and his old
home, and once again walk the heather Of
the Highlands, and hear the bagpipes OF
the Scotch regiments. The night that the
old Scotch soldier died, young man,
somewhat reckless but kind-hearted, got o
company of musicians to come aud play
under
THE OLD SOLDIERS WINDOW,
aud among the instruments there was
bagpipe The instant that the musicians
began the dying old man in delirium said:
whats that, what's that? Why it's the
regiment coming home. That's the tune,
yes, that's the tune Thank God, have
got home once morew "Bonny Scotland
and Bonny Doom" were the last words he
uttered as he passed up 10 the Highlands
of the better country. And there are here
hundreds homesick for heaven, some be-
cause you have so many bereayements,
some because you have 30 many tempta-
tions, some because you have 80 many all
ments, homesick, very h0mrsick, for the
fatherland Of heaven, and the music that
you want to hear now il the song of free
grace, and the music you want 10 hear
when you die is free grace, and forever be-
fore the throne of God you will sing Of the
grace Of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
though he was rich, for your sakes became
poor"
Yes, yes; for your sakes! II was not on
pleasure excursion that He came, for IL
was all pain. Ii was not on astronomical
exploration, for he knew this world a. well
before He alighted ~ afterward. II was
not because il was easy, for He knew that
it would be thorn, and spike, and hunger,
and thirst, and vociteration Of angry mobs,
For your sakes! Wipe away your tears.
To forgive your wrong-doing, 10 cham
pionship your loneliness, TO soothe your
sorrows, TO sit with you by the new-made
grave, to bind up your wounds in the ugly
battle with the world ana bring you
home at last, kindling mp the mists that
fall on your dying vision with the sun
light of glorious morn. For your sakes!
No; | will change that. Paul will not
care, and Chiist will not care if change
it, for must get into the blessedness Of
the text myself, and 30 | say: 'For our
sakesr For we all have our temptations,
and bereavements and conflicts.
FOR ORR sAKEs!
We who deserve for our sins 10 be eNpatri.
ated into world as much poorer than this
~ this earth was poorer than heaven.
~
ing down to take us gloriously up When
Artaxerxes was hunting, Tirebazus, who
was attending him, showed the king rent
in his garment The king said; How
shall mend it," "By giving il To me, T"
said Tirebazus. Then the king gave him
the robe, but commanded him never TO
wear it, ~ it would be inappropriate. See
the startling and comforting fact, while
our Prince throws of the habit lie not
only allows us to wear it, but commands
us TO wear it, and il will become us well,
and for the poverties Of our spiritual state
we may put Oh the splendOrs Of heavenly
regalement For our sakes! q, the
personality of this religion! Not
an abstraction, not an arch un-
der which we walk 10 behold elab-
crate masonry, not an Ice castle like
that which Empress Elizabeth Of Russia
over hundred years ago ordered construct
ed, winter with its trowel Of crystal cement
Ing the huge blocks that had been quarried
from the frozen rivers Of the North, but q
fathers house with q wide hearth crack
ling hearty welcome. A religion Of
warmth and inspiration, and light, and
cheer, something We can take. into our
hearts and homes, and business, recrea.
tions, ane joys and sorrows. Not an un-
agreeable gift like the galley presented to
Ptolemy, which required four thousand
men TO row, and its draught Of water was
20 great that il could not come near the
shore, but something that can run up any
stream Of annoyance, however shallow.
IL .ot
Right about face! for You are going in
the wrong direction. While you are in q
favorable mood for il.
ENTER INTO LIFE.
Here and Just now decide everything that
makes for peace and heaven. Agassiz says
that he has stood at one place IN the Alps
where he could throw chip into the water
in one direction, and it would roll on into
the German Ocean, or he could throw q
chip in another direction, and it would
enter the Mediterranean by the Rhone.
How far apart the Mediterranean, and the
Black Sea, and the German Ocean. Stand
ing to-day on this Alps Of Gospel priyilegef
you can project your soul into right cur
rents, and il will roll on into
the ocean Of life, or project
it in the wrong direction, and it will roll
into the sea Of death hut how far apart the
two distances' May God help us 10 ap-
preciate more and more the momentous
meaning OF our text! The seven wi@
men Of Greece were chiefly known each
fon one apotbegm; Scion for the saying:
Know thyself;" Periander for the say
ing: Nothing Is impossible TO industry"
Chilo for the saying: Consider the end;"
Thales for the saying ''suretyship Is the
precursor Of ruin" And Paul, distin-
guished for q thousand utterances, might
well afford to be memorable for the say-
ing: "You know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that, though be was rich, yet
for your sakes became poo. that ye through
His poverty might be rich"